SCALE UP: Talent Strategy for Growth Stage Startup

by Jerry Hu

This book is a collection of personal experiences, interviews, and thought-provoking insights gathered from founders, senior HR leaders, and venture capitalists across the globe. Personally having been part of several scaling up journeys, I have to be honest that it was not always successful and shiny. Behind all the headlines of startups securing massive funding rounds, or entrepreneurs turning into millionaires, the road to entrepreneurship is lonely and filled with all the blood and tears that only the ones who have been through will be able to tell you.

Among the million challenges on this startup journey, people and organization challenges will definitely be one of them. Some common challenges such as high attrition, not being able to attract the right talents, not sure how to preserve the culture as you scale… I hope by reading through these book chapters, they can shed light for you, ignite your innovative thinking, and offer practical case studies to overcome your current or future hurdles.

97 pages, Paperback

Published May 22, 2023

About the author

Jerry Hu is an international tech talent leader and a people enthusiast when it comes to scaling startups. From San Francisco to Beijing to Tokyo to Singapore, he has 0-1 built teams, scaled talents and transformed organizations, across the life-span of companies from seed-round, series B, to post-IPO, trillion-dollar market cap tech giant and hundred-year legacy corporation. Some of the companies he has worked for include Amazon Web Services, Alibaba Group, Singtel Group, Doctor Anywhere and Groupon. Started from an entrepreneurial background, he always connect people challenges with underlying business challenges, and bring business-centric and long-term thinking into talent solutions.